BLOOMSTEAD COUNSELING: A SAFE PLACE TO FLOURISH
Therapy for anyone,
all are welcome here.
bloom (v)- to flourish or thrive stead (n)- a place occupied, or a role in which someone serves
Bloomstead Counseling is a small, unhurried telehealth practice for preteens, teens & adults carrying anxiety, grief, intrusive thoughts, relationship wounds or the weight of being the person everyone leans on. Laurel Lampasas Carroll, MA, LPC, offers virtual therapy throughout Texas — warm, direct, and paced to your nervous system rather than a protocol.
Telehealth sessions throughout Texas. In-person office opening in Houston, Texas — November 2026
finding grace in the grey, because life is rarely black and white.
Welcome
You don't need to have it all together.
Therapy here is not about becoming someone perfect. It is about understanding what your best and healthiest version of self is & working together to get there.
Unhurried by design
A deliberately small caseload, so your sessions are never rushed and your history is actually remembered.
Intentionally Integrative Work
EMDR, ERP, ACT, CBT and parts-informed work, translated into plain language you can use on a Tuesday.
Wholly confidential
A private virtual room where nothing you say has to be softened for anyone else's comfort.
Specialties
Where this work goes deepest
Twelve focus areas shaped by years of sitting with brave, tired, high-functioning people who are ready for something to change.
EMDR
A structured, body-aware way to loosen memories that still feel present tense.
Read moreAnxiety
For the mind that rehearses every outcome and still cannot rest at the end of it.
Read moreTrauma
Paced, consent-led work for what happened — and for the ways you learned to survive it.
Read moreOCD
Untangling and deconstructing the intrusive thoughts from the rituals and anxiety spirals.
Read moreWomen's Issues
Identity, perfectionism, matrescence and the quiet cost of holding everything together.
Read moreDepression
For the heaviness that dulls joy, drains energy, and makes ordinary days feel uphill.
Read morePerfectionism
When high standards stop motivating you and start policing every mistake.
Read moreBurnout
The exhaustion that comes from caring deeply in a system that never lets you refill.
Read moreRelationship Issues
Untangling old patterns so closeness feels safer and conflict becomes repair.
Read moreLife Transitions
When change — wanted or unwanted — unmoors the story you had about your life.
Read moreGrief
A soft place for the love and longing that do not follow a tidy timeline.
Read moreSelf-Esteem
Rebuilding a steadier sense of self beneath the performance and self-criticism.
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How it works
Beginning, step by step
- 01
Reach out
Send a short note or book directly through Headway. Let me know what has been heavy lately.
- 02
Consultation
A free 15-minute call to hear what you are looking for and whether we are a good fit.
- 03
First session
We map your history gently, name your goals, and decide together where to begin.
- 04
Steady work
Weekly sessions with room to slow down, revisit, and notice what is changing.
Insurance
In-network with major Texas plans
Therapy should not require a spreadsheet. If your plan is listed below, your sessions are likely covered aside from a copay. Private-pay sessions are also available at $165.
- Independence Blue Cross of Pennsylvania
- Aetna
- Cigna
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- UnitedHealthcare / Optum
- Insurance details
BLOOMSTEAD COUNSELING: A SAFE PLACE TO FLOURISH
Ready when you are
Reaching out is the hardest sentence to write. You do not need the perfect words — a few honest ones are enough to begin.
Telehealth sessions throughout Texas. In-person office opening in Houston, Texas — November 2026